True North

Episode aired Dec 9, 1998
TV-14
45m

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7.8/10

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The Manhattan DA's office finds itself in the middle of a battle over the death penalty when it asks the Canadian government to extradite a Canadian-born woman facing multiple murder charges... Read allThe Manhattan DA's office finds itself in the middle of a battle over the death penalty when it asks the Canadian government to extradite a Canadian-born woman facing multiple murder charges.The Manhattan DA's office finds itself in the middle of a battle over the death penalty when it asks the Canadian government to extradite a Canadian-born woman facing multiple murder charges.

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Trivia
This episode appears to be based on two separate cases/incidents:
The 1995 Patrizia Reggiani (a.k.a. "The Black Widow") case. Reggiani, an Italian convicted criminal and former socialite, was convicted in a highly publicized trial of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.
The 1999 Stanley Faulder case. Faulder was the first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952. Faulder, a Jasper, Alberta native, was convicted of murdering Inez Scarborough Phillips, a 75-year-old woman, in Texas in 1975 during a robbery in her house. He was caught, convicted, and sentenced to death in 1977. Faulder had previously served three years in prison for auto theft in Canada. Despite diplomatic complaints by the Canadian government, Faulder was executed by lethal injection on June 17, 1999. His last appeal was rejected about an hour before his death.

Goofs
When Detective Curtis discovers the bag of white powder in the toilet tank that he believes to be cocaine, he dips in a finger and tastes the substance, No police officer, especially an experienced NYPD detective, would ever taste an unknown powder. Tasting it proves nothing, and the bag could be filled with poisonous chemicals as well as any potential drug.

Quotes
Patrick Sinclair: Mrs Harker used drugs. Mrs Harker ran around with a bunch of low lifes. Mrs Harker was a lousy mother to Mr Harker's daughter.
Detective Rey Curtis: The girl wasn't hers?
Patrick Sinclair: No, from his first marriage. Mrs Harker spent his money like water. Mrs Harker was having an affair.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: But she baked delicious oatmeal cookies.